On Fear ~ Closing Thoughts

Greetings Dear Reader,

Whether it is over what might happen or what might happen again, fear steals so much from us.  It constantly begs for our attention.  It robs us of sleep.  It ruins our waking hours.  Fear lies and steals almost always.

Most of the time it is something we create from ignorance and misinformation.   Fear takes on the guise of what will happen instead of what might happen.  We give it life and lease in ways that hold us back from truly living.  We trade our real life for what we imagine and time is devoured as we are frozen from action.  I submit that the past does not determine who we are but rather our fear that what happened in the past may occur again in the future.  This is what makes us hardhearted, angry, judgmental, bitter, unforgiving, and dismissive. 

In the darkness, when we are alone, we feast on fear as if it was our true delight.  We build entire portions of our lives around what we fear then we decry the years lost to it devouring.  Fear lies and steals.  It has no place in our journey.

If I am going to follow Christ well, there can be no fear.  This is not a statement of bravado or pride.  It is an obligation to humbly count on the love or Christ to destroy my fear as I trust him.  It is internalizing the truths that we claim as Christ-followers.  It is living the belief God will supply all my needs, care for my every hurt, and show me how to live out the love he requires me to have for others.  He does not promise it will be painless or easy.  He promises we will never be alone in the journey.

In this current distress we have all had to deal with our own fear, Dear Reader.  We have all had to realize that our culture is more fragile than we imagined it to be.  My choice must be to walk in love and faith.  My choice must be to leave fear in the rearview.  You are always welcome to journey on with me.  Together, we can use the light and love within us to blaze our way home free from fear.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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On Fear ~ But I Might Get Hurt

Greetings Dear Reader,

It is likely that I have written about love more often than any other topic.  It is the core of all that we are to be about.  It is also a source of great pain for many.  It would be irresponsible of me to not consider the fear that can accompany love.

The overarching truth about loving others is that people can hurt you.  They can break your heart and they do not always stay true to their promises concerning love.  I would say that if we dare to love, we are going to get hurt.  I will also say that it is worth it.

A further difficulty, one that plagues me, is that past hurts can cause one to resist being loved by others.  It is another way that I have foolishly tried to control my environment.  Instead of trusting the love of the Father to be sufficient for me, I try to control things. I resist that people express love the way that they are comfortable doing so. 

When we resist love, we create a burden for those trying to love us.  We become stony and we frustrate those who love us.  Our fear of receiving and then losing love causes us to resist it.  The only defense against this is to stop trying to be loved and to, instead, seek to love others.

In the words of Saint Francis, I must “seek to love, rather than to be loved.”  This will cast out my fear and perfect my ability to love others.  It will cause me to keep my eyes on Christ.  It will cause me to do less harm.  We fear love because we can be hurt.  What we must accept is that the love of Christ for us is sufficient and will not abandon us.

As we journey home, Dear Reader, we can spend our energy on fear.  We can also choose to spend it on loving each other.  We can hold ourselves secure in the love of Christ given to us freely.  It takes faith but I am learning how well it works.  We can discuss this all you wish.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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On Fear ~ What Might Happen?

Greetings Dear Reader,

Most of the time we have a fair understanding of what comes next.  Routines play out in our days and the ordinary is defined by repetition and patterns.  We take things for granted and expect things to unfold as we have foreseen whether it is brewing our coffee or purchasing a house.  In the large and the small, we expect things to unfold a certain way.

The problem is that when we forge patterns of expectation, they will include that which we fear.  We think about what might happen and plan for the eventualities suggested by fear.  It is not wrong to plan or think things through.  It is, however, dangerous to plan things based on fear.  If I plan things based on what might happen that is bad, I become trapped in living in my fear instead of in my faith.

This brings us to an understanding of the proper way to view the future.  I may plan and project all that I wish.  What I must include in that is a humble understanding that any of my plans are subject to the will of the Father and his grand design.  If then, I plan based on fear, I am neglecting both my faith and the grand design of the Father.  This means that planning anything based on fear is betting against myself and against God.  This seems unwise.

What I must do is plan my plans and dream my dreams based on the understanding that they must all align with following Christ.  I used to plan and dream by imposing my ideas on what I thought was good and right. What I was actually doing was keeping fear at bay through control and misaligned direction. 

I have learned that I must plan and dream within the bounds of following Christ and being with him in each moment.  If I follow Christ first in love, faith, and grace, his mercy and kindness will add in the things that my heart desires at the right time and in the right way.  If I believe that the Father supplies all my needs, then not having what I desire means that I do not need it yet.  I cannot afford to hold back from following because of fear or doubt.  That, Dear Reader, is just wasted creativity and empty faith.  What do you think?  How are you allowing fear to guide your choices?

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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On Fear ~ Those in Hiding

Greetings Dear Reader,

I always answer your questions.  When it bears sharing, I will do so in my posts.  A dear friend posed a question about those whose fears keep them away from others.  She expressed that she feels passively judged because she is an introvert, and sometimes her fears cause her to distance herself from others.

First, let me say thank you for allowing me to use your private question to care for others who may feel the same as you.  Second, I must say that our conversation over this yielded an understanding for me that I do not possess through experience.  If I claimed to understand introverts, I would be lying.

My friend and I agreed that in this post I would call her Amanda.   That is not her name but we both like it for her.  Amanda is warm, kind, and filled with gracious love for everyone.  She also dreads large crowds, tight spaces, and public attention.  She speaks of people in terms of how much space they take up in a room.  I do not mean physical space but social and emotional space.  She tells me often that she only invites me to her home when there will be one or two other people because I fill up the room.  She explained apologetically that it is not a bad thing because I fill it with kindness but she has seen me angry and knows how quickly she would smother in that anger.

Amanda does not have social anxiety but she is a solid introvert.  She likes being alone or with a couple of friends but she abhors being in crowds, sometimes to the point of panic.  Her question was a simple one: “How can I be a faithful follower of Christ if this fear is so strong on me?”  My answer, she said was comforting.

I reminded Amanda that there were times when Jesus needed solitude just to remain right within himself.  He had the advantage of being God but his humanity was still subject to the limitations of our frail condition.  I allowed that the instances where the people pressed around Jesus must be troublesome for her.  She agreed and said that she had never admitted that to anyone because it sounded bad.

Amanda and I share this thought.  There were times when the crowd was too much for Jesus.  He understands the introvert and those for whom social distancing is a lifestyle.  He loves them no less than those whose fears cause them to be never alone and the life of the party.  I will never claim to understand fully how Amanda feels.  I do know that like all fear the only answer is the love of Christ.

Embracing that does not mean that Amanda or anyone else has to become socially comfortable.  It does mean that one can feel at peace that what they are comfortable with socially.  We all should work to overcome our fears and walk in the freedom that is found in Christ.  Until that freedom is complete, we must understand that Jesus loves us fully no matter the state we are in.  It is not bad to like solitude and dislike the social spotlight.  It is not wrong to prefer the quiet of contemplation.  It is, however, true that Christ wants us to be free from all fear.  We can walk quietly if you need space to ponder this, Dear Reader.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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On Fear ~ Fear Run Wild

Greetings Dear Reader,

One of the things I have had to master to work at loving others is my anger.  Perhaps master is too strong a word because it is always there demanding to be uncaged.  It is there wanting lease to protect me from my fears.

The difficulty is that anger feeds fear and fear summons anger.  We become angry because of hurt from others.  Instead of love and forgiveness, we deal in anger to protect us from the fear of being hurt again.  It is not wrong to feel afraid. It is wrong to let fear be in charge.  When we let fear control our thinking, we abandon faith and love. 

I am not saying this as one who has grasped it all but, rather, as one who fights it when it raises its voice.  I work to master it but find that I must count on the grace and mercy of Christ to accomplish even that.  In the last year I have gained more ground on this that I did in the previous twenty.

We hear that the first step to solving a problem is admitting that the problem exists.  Not only have I had to face the anger but the fear behind it as well.  The fear that guided so many of my poor choices was rational but also unmanageable without facing it.  Instead, I tried to use control and bravado to mask what I feared. 

It occurs to me that when people like me desperately say they are trying to protect others through controlling behaviour, they to some degree are.  Knowing the darkness that lives in me, unshared with anyone until this year, it was an erroneous but reasonable that I chose the path I did.  I was wrong but my motive was right.  It is not our intention that matters.

Fear drove me to make poor choices and try to control things I could not.  Grace, love, and mercy allow me to face the fear and kill it.  I cannot undo the damage but I can live a life without the anger and offense going forward.  It deepens my belief that all that we do wrong is connected to our fear.

I will work daily to no longer give fear a foothold or anger lease.  There are things about which we can honorably feel anger.  That anger, however, must be short-lived and discarded for nobler feelings.  If I am going to love you properly, Dear Reader, I must realize that my anger has no life at the end of the day.  It must die with the sunset and I must not resurrect it in the morning no matter how afraid I feel.  If you wish to discuss it further, your company is always valued.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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On Fear ~ It Badgers and Blinds

Greetings Dear Reader,

When we ponder fear and what it births, we cannot escape the ever-looming specter of possessions.  Unless we are genuinely destitute, we all have too much.  We buy things just to have them.  We possess things just to store them.

My eldest Son once commented that I had too many shirts.  He was right.  I reduced that number drastically and will be doing so again.  I am a collector by nature and have to fight the urge to collect things that I do not need nor fit my future.  This is all good to review and resist.

But wait, there is more.  You see, Dear Reader, we can be greedy and have avarice about the good things as well.  We can buy and hoard because we are looking out for our family or being prepared.  Neither of those things are wrong.  They are required.  It is that they must be in balance.  They must take into consideration that we should also depend on Christ for everything.  We must not have more when others are in need.  We must not hoard out of fear.

It is not wrong to have a full pantry but it is wrong to neglect hunger in others.  It is wise to save money for the future but greedy to fail to share our wealth with others.  The problem is that when we make our wealth and possessions what matters, we have adopted a new god no matter how well we justify it to ourselves.  We have masked fear with greed.

We rarely honestly look at our possessions and take account of where our faith is relative to them.  When we do, we often justify our abundance as just rewards for our faithfulness to the Father.  If we cannot share out of our abundance when we have little, then we should not expect that we will when we have plenty. 

Possessions and money have great power over us if we allow it.  As Christ-followers we are required to be generous, even sacrificial in our giving.  We need to remember that every good thing we have is a blessing from the Father.  I must share what I have without reservation.  I must not worry if I will have enough.  That is the Father’s concern. 

What I must be is generous and kind.  I must live out my love for my fellow humans by openly and secretly providing for the needs of others when I can.  It is vital to my journey with Christ that I hold on to only him.  Everything else is part of the journey that passes.  Everything else is provision for me and for those with whom I travel when they are in need.  Our fear of not having enough is blindness to the promises of the Father.  Let us agree to share what we have and see how the Father responds.  He promises it will be glorious. 

The Power of Gold – Dan Fogelberg

The story is told of the power of gold,

And its lure on the unsuspecting.

It glitters and shines, it badgers and blinds,

And constantly needs protecting.

Balance the cost of the soul you lost,

With the dreams you lightly sold,

Are you under the power of gold?

The letters and calls got you climbing the walls,

And everyone wants a favor.

They beg to remind you of times left behind you,

But you know the past is a loser.

The face you're wearing is different now,

And the days run hot and cold,

Are you under the power of gold?

You're a creature of habit, run like a rabbit,

Scared of a fear you can't name.

You own paranoia is looming before you,

But nobody thinks it's a game.

Balance the cost of the soul you lost,

With the dreams you lightly sold,

Then tell me that you're free of the power of gold.

The women are lovely, the wine is superb,

But there's something about this song that disturbs you.

The women are lovely, the wine is superb,

But there's something about this song that disturbs you.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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On Fear ~ Heart Stone

Greetings Dear Reader,

Yesterday, when I wrote about how we use past fear to determine future treatment of others, I held back on a byproduct that does great harm.  When we submit to fear, one of our dismissive responses is to wall off our hearts.  We fear getting hurt so we petrify compassion and love to protect ourselves.

When considering fear, one of the things we seem to avoid is our own accountability in creating it.  We get hurt, perhaps over and over, and we harden our hearts toward the source of the pain.  Our fear of being hurt again causes us to withhold love from those in desperate need of it.  We tell ourselves we still love others but refuse to take the risk of loving them actively. 

After a time, our hearts become stony toward individuals or people in general.  We lie and say we have forgiven them when in truth we are walled off from them.  We have hardened our hearts and separate ourselves from family and friends.  We treat them as enemies but not in the way Christ requires.  We say we do not hate and that we are only indifferent.  The difficulty is that we are not allowed to be indifferent.  We must actively love everyone, especially those who we are close to in relationship. 

It does not matter how long we have built the wall in our hearts.  What matters is that we decide today that no person is unworthy of our active love.  We choose today that we will not have hearts of stone.  It is dangerous but it is necessary.  There is a certainty that if we have hearts that love we will take damage.

The matter is that we avoid the true litmus test of our hearts.  Do we react to others in a way that we want Christ to react to us?   We do not want people to be hardhearted regarding us.  We want grace and mercy when we are wrong but dare to withhold it from others.  We harden our hearts and risk the very tenderness we need.

I must not allow even shale to develop on my heart.  It must remain tender even toward those who judge my past and spurn me.  I am not deserving of their love but Christ’s commands about love are to everyone.  They are for everyone.  They are an obligation for everyone.  We fear pain so we harden our hearts, Dear Reader.  I would remind you of what the Father promises us.  “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”  He will not do it against our will but will willingly do this if we allow it.  It is a surgery worth having.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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On Fear ~ Past Prologue

Greetings Dear Reader,

I was in a conversation with one of my family elders a few weeks ago.  This person cited an event from thirty years ago that was minor to me.  It was apparently major to my elder.  In reference to someone else in the family, this was said, “She lied about the amount of sugar she put in the iced tea so, she will always lie to you.”

Let us consider the things that are taking place here.  That which is past cannot be changed.  Someone is using the past to prejudge someone else’s future.  The prologue has become a judgmental dialogue that puts a loved one into a box from which they cannot escape.  Sugar in the iced tea may seem insignificant.  The difficulty is that we do this on a grander scale and give very little hopeful lease to the present.

What is the fear involved in the past failures of others?  It is that they will fail again.  Further, it is that they will fail us again.  We will be hurt.  Our hopes and expectations will not be met.  It then follows that we do not forgive fully, we reject, and we prejudge with condemnation.

It is our fear that leads us to assume the worst of others.  It is focusing on the unchangeable that leads us to deny others the opportunity to change.  This flies in the face of constant forgiveness.  It violates the rules of unconditional love.  We fear the pain of being hurt again and so we abandon our obligation to love and restore even those who harm us.  We prejudge the future based on the past and so withhold love in the moment.

I spent five years refusing to speak with a family member because of the constant pain the individual causes me in every encounter.  I want to say clearly that I was wrong.  I should have worked harder to show that individual love and worked at restoration.  Since I have broken the silence and am working at these things, the danger is still there.  The personal attacks are still constant.  The difference is me.  I refuse to let my fear determine my actions.  I refuse to withhold love and care. 

In my efforts to be unoffendable, what I fear clamors for control over my mind and will.  What I must do is follow Christ in loving those who assail me or even passively hurt me out of habit.  The past is prologue, Dear Reader but it is up to me to make today one where fear does not determine how I treat others.  It is up to me to journey well and follow Christ in grace, love, and mercy.  You are always welcome to join me.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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On Fear ~ Opening Thoughts

Greetings Dear Reader,

In the journey of learning to be lovingly unoffendable, one must become aware of what causes us to take up offenses.  The process and pattern of thinking through this allows one to see that there is a way to be well-armed against being offended.  Interestingly, it springs from the ideas of love and compassion.

Much of what people are discussing during this current distress relates to their fear.  We overreact to things based on our fears.  We worry about not having enough toilet paper so we buy a year’s supply.  We hoard things out of fear of not having.  We make life-changing decisions based on what worries us.

The process of fear is one that drives us far more than is healthy.  I think that we can learn to mitigate fear before it gets into the decision-making process.  I think that our ills can be lightened and even avoided if we learn what calls our fear and how we answer it.

Where does fear get lease with us?  How do we allow fear to control our thinking?  What is the product of our fear?  What can destroy it at every turn?  I would ask you to journey through this thinking with me, Dear Reader.  Together we can learn how to mitigate fear and take its voice from our thinking.

Please journey with me sharing your thoughts and questions.  I am always enriched by your inquiries and insights.  Further, your company brings me joy and pushes me to be a better man.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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The Music Makes Me ~ Closing Thoughts

Greetings Dear Reader,

Even as I begin to write this a sad song floats through my mind.  This journey is such a vast conglomerate beginnings and endings; stops and starts.  The many steps pave the way through an all-to-short life.  The life is short but the road seems so long at times.

Yesterday I read something posted by my closest companion.  “The worst nightmares are the dreams where she still loves you.”  The dream he referenced was one where his life was the life he wished for with the woman he loves who no longer loves him.  The world contained his dream home and his children were all well.  He related that it was one of those dreams where the nightscape seems more real than the waking world.  The terror came from waking to realize that it was not true.

When we discussed it I asked him what song came to mind.  His instant answer was a Dan Fogelberg song, Scarecrow’s Dream:

Seldom seen, a scarecrow's dream
I hang in the hopes of replacement
Castles tall, I built them all
But I dream that I'm trapped in the basement.

And if you ever hear me calling out
And if you've been by paupers crowned
Between the worlds of men and make-believe

I can be found.

Plans I've made a masquerade

Fading in fear of the coming day
Heroes' tales like nightingales
Wrestle the wind as they run away.

And if you ever hear me calling out
And if you've been by paupers crowned
Between the worlds of men and make-believe

I can be found.

Garden gate, an empty plate
Waiting for someone to come and fill
Scarecrow's dreams like frozen streams
Thirst for the fall ut they're running still.

And if you ever hear me calling out
And if you've been by paupers crowned
Between the worlds of men and make-believe

I can be found.

We cannot avoid sorrow.  It is part of the journey.  My friend’s use of music to deal with it is wise.  We talked long about this and we share this sorrow at a deep level.  It is the sorrow as much as the joy that brings us close to each other.  They journey requires music to make it tolerable. 

I am going to increase the music I pour into my spirit.  This part of the journey closes with a renewed sense of appreciation of the value of music in my life.  As I end each theme in my blog posts I hope to do so a better man than when I started.  This one closes with me sadder but wiser.  To me that is an equitable trade.  The sadness will not endure.  Hopefully the wisdom will. 

Thank you, Dear Reader for your songs and interaction.  Perhaps we can get ahead of the storm for a bit as I venture into something new in my thoughts.  Your company makes things better. 

Closing Time – Semisonic

Closing time
Time for you to go out go out into the world.
Closing time
Turn the lights up over every boy and every girl.
Closing time
One last call for alcohol so finish your whiskey or beer.
Closing time
You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.

I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
Take me home

Closing time
Time for you to go back to the places you will be from.
Closing time
This room won't be open 'til your brothers or you sisters come.
So gather up your jackets, and move it to the exits
I hope you have found a friend.

Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Yeah, I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
Take me home

Closing time
Time for you to go back to the places you will be from

I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
Take me home

Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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